I don’t see Cain ending his campaign as a ringing endorsement of the charges made against him. I do see it as another example of why the non-professional politicians are reluctant to step into the ring. Each set of accusations self destructed at some point but the problem is not the substance of them but the continued presentation of them.

Soo… the next non-insider business person who steps into the ring be ready to deal with anything and everything from your past, real or imagined, being brought out. Especially imagined.

Meanwhile we’re stuck with the professional politicians of varying sorts…